Holy cow ... that is weird sequence of events ... hope she's okay

She is just at that age... the few months after learning to walk I swear they fall, hit and bust into everything leaving the battle scars on their face! Even if they hit their knee or elbow. Only the face gets the bruise. Every Monday when I took my sons back to daycare, I felt like someone would be calling CPS.

You are not alone and we know you are not hurting her!

As a person who was obviously cut of the same cloth as Marlo, I'd recommend become good friends with your pediatrician...and see if you can get Marlo to perform some of her death-defying physical feats IN the physician's office. If the legends in my family are true, it's the only way my parents avoided having weekly visits from CPS. First year injury tally: Cracked open skull by RUNNING head first at a brick wall, stitches in scalp, 3 rounds of multiple stitches dangerously close to both right and left eyes, multiple bruises so sever they became infected... Heck. I'm a functioning professional, a responsible member of society and I hardly have any scars. ;)

The hospital almost called CPS on my folks after I threw myself from a bunk bed onto a radiator. But it was 40+ years ago, they weren't so quick to do so back then.

You cannot help but laugh when a kid falls, even if it is horrendous and even if it is your own.

While my 6 year old is a tad more delicate, that girl cannot be in a room without running into/tripping over/falling on something. It could be anything. The girl tripped on a rug before. While standing on it.

What I love best is her over-the-top dramatic wail as it happens. Like it's the FIRST TIME she has ever tripped/fallen/stubbed her toe etc. COMPLETE surprise, and if the world wouldn't mind, could it please STOP and pay attention to the non-existent bruise that must be so bad it can't be seen?

Not that I know where she got that from. You should see my paper cut. It REALLY hurts, y'all.

Yes, my 18 month old will bang his head on any hard surface when he doesn't get his way. There seems to be a permanent red mark on his forehead, but perhaps it will change to a lurid purple just in time for our pediatrician visit later this week. He gave himself a black eye 2 weeks ago that has finally gone away. I am so ready for him to get over this stage!

I am pretty sure we gave birth to the same child, only mine is a year or so behind yours. Girl started crawling a few days before her six-month birthday. She first attempted suicide three days later and hasn't stopped since.

She's ten month old, and she has a fresh new face-bruise every single day. I sometimes wonder if she'll make it to a year.

My son does the same thing. Often. I haven't taken his Christmas photo yet because he is constantly switching between State of Misery and State of Injury, and sometimes into State of Constant Motion just to spice things up. Also? He bruised a tooth this summer, which has since turned black and died, then became infected, etc, etc. Maybe if I stage the shot with a hill out M & M's between my kids? That might guarantee a clean photo and closed mouths, at the same time.

"This shit needs a priesthood blessing!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH Best. Line. Ever. That totally made my day

Tell me about it!! My son finds the only sharp bit in a room and trips over nothing to fall into it! The ensuing scar still annoys my husband because it "happened on my watch".

My favorite are the injuries that are actually caused by us, accidentally of course. Like the scratch on Marlo's cheek. When my daughter was a year old she was standing at the screen door, holding onto it, when I opened it. We had one of those black plastic thingies on it to keep the dogs from scratching at the screen and I could see her. She fell head first onto the concrete stoop and took the skin completely off of her nose. When it scabbed up she looked like a scarecrow, with the red triangle nose. I got looks from strangers for a good two weeks!

Birth control in the form of a blog is fabulous!

They all do it. One of my twins fell down a flight of (carpeted, thank god) stairs at 8 months. Both girls were/are climbers, but not *good* climbers. They ate it all the time. Claire (same twin who snow-balled down the stairs) swan-dived out of her crib at about 15 months. And Claire still trips over her own feet, and she's five now! I'm proud to say we've only been to the ER twice in five years!

Must be quite a rude shock, after Leta, but I'm sorry Heather. It's completely normal. The doctors understand.

I can't count the times my kids have impaled themselves on my fingernails. Bonking their heads while putting them in their carseats at least 3 times a week? Well, I guess I'll have to take some of the blame on that one.

YES! I thought I was the only one who a) had a toddler who was determine to kill herself, and b) laughed at her when she tried. I don't care how cruel it seems, it cannot be helped. Hilariousness every time.